The art of amusing : being a collection of graceful arts, merry games, odd tricks, curious puzzles, and new charades : together with suggestions for private theatricals, tableaux, and all sorts of parlor and family amusements (1866)
Bellew, Frank, 1828-1888 · New York : Carleton ; London : S. Low · leaf 324
THE END OF CARPET. 292 THE ART OF AMUSING. CATASTROPHE. A CHARADE IN FOUR ACTS. ACT I. CAT. Dramatis Persona,CAT. DOG. OLD GENTLEMAN. SCENE—Backyard of city house, with small tableplaced on top of other table, to represent window. Enter cat (head done up in brown paper, withcats face painted on it,… … Cat commences to meow and caterwaul. Oldgentleman appears at window with nightcap onand sheet wrapped round him, and shakes his fistat cat. Cat continues to make a noise.
Amusements · Tricks
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